Example sentences of "it be for [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | higher than this year , but it is for Derbyshire to decide its level of spending and priorities between services . |
| 2 | On Europe , to put it beyond all doubt in this House , in the country , and on the continent , will my right hon. Friend reaffirm that it is the policy of Her Majesty 's Government that Britain shall not go down the route of a federal Europe and that it is for Britain to decide on the future of her own currency ? |
| 3 | The unfairness of it all and how desperate it is for Thomas seems to be overwhelming emotions . |
| 4 | At the end , Slim is the only one who understands how difficult it is for George to take the action that he did , and also why he did it . |
| 5 | A UK Foreign Ministry spokesperson responded on the same day by saying that it was for Iran to make the first gesture and that the UK would " not accept Iranian intervention in [ its ] internal affairs " . |
| 6 | Charlotte felt it was for Ursula to say , but all Ursula could think about was her living daughter , not her dead husband . |
| 7 | When one turns from internal to external trade , one sees that some men at any rate recognized how important it was for England to control the sea . |
| 8 | It was for Peter to tell his brother the truth . |
| 9 | It was for Lesley Bale to be the living proof that there was a way through . |
| 10 | We can now see how misleading it was for Singer to claim that Washoe , ‘ now understands about 350 different signs , and is able to use correctly about 150 of them … . |
| 11 | What a shock it was for Nicodemus to learn this truth . |
| 12 | It was for Garvey to speak it , anyway . ’ |